Any Poets Around?
Any Poets Around? Please smile below. You are being called out.
Why? What? What’s in there? Don’t ask.
Just smile; and write poetry.
Smile now; and in that smile, a poem.
Or write a poem now; and in that poem, a smile.
Or a tear.
In that tear, a dance.
The dance of a pain.
The pain of love. Of all your partings.
The pain of loving all your loves.
Damn it, smile now.
Right through all those tears, smudged on your cheeks.
Right through all those lines, furrowed on your face, the pain of living.
Dancing the dance of crow’s feet, at the corner of your eyes.
Smile now, O beautiful!
Living was beautiful, smile through those lines.
And in that smile, a poem, in those lines.
Or write a poem now; and in those lines, a smile.
Alright, be upside down, that’s ok.
Since you already are. A poet.
Remember?
